May 7th, 2014
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Ready and awaiting the arrival of increased space traffic is Spaceport America – situated in a sweeping desert setting in New Mexico. Spaceport America continues to make preparations for upcoming launch operations of SpaceX and Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo launch system. The SpaceX Falcon 9R rocket will be the largest ever to fly […]
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The countdown clock has started for Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” that treks into theaters on November 7th. Beyond a poster and a quick clip, no telling how stellar of a hit: Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyc6RJEEe0U#t=35
Here’s a new SPACE.com story posted today, my interview with the last man to step onto the Moon: Moonwalker Jack Schmitt and the Future of US Space Exploration http://www.space.com/25770-apollo-astronaut-jack-schmitt-exclusive-interview.html
A new study suggests that we Earthlings are not ready for dropping a line to an extraterrestrial civilization. The study results are published in the journal Acta Astronautica, suggesting that, as a species, humanity is still not ready for trying to actively contact any ETs out there. This dialogue regarding issues related to the search […]
A new treat for the eye is available via NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment. Recently activated, the HD cameras are situated on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The HDEV experiment yields live streaming video of Earth for viewing online. High school students helped design some of the cameras’ components, through […]
Off-world Olympic events on Saturn’s sixth moon have gotten an icy look-over by a researcher at The Center for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Leicester in England. Leicester student, David McDonagh, pondered a future scenario in which Winter Olympics organizers are forced to look beyond the Earth for a suitable location for the games. The researcher […]
It’s called the Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space) mission – or Eu:CROPIS for short. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is readying two greenhouses for launch in 2016, both contained within a 250-kilogram lightweight satellite. Once in Earth orbit, the spacecraft is designed to rotate around its longitudinal axis In doing so, it […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is engaged in new sample-collection drilling. It performed a “mini-drill” operation on April 29, a preparatory step that created a hole about eight-tenths of an inch (2 centimeters) deep. Word is that the Curiosity team operating the mobile robot plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a […]
Frank Wolf, a Republican Congressman from Virginia, is not happy with U.S. President Obama’s space agenda, calling for an American return to the Moon. Speaking April 28 at the Space Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., Wolf said, according to a press statement: “I still believe that our future in space lies in President Kennedy’s call […]
NASA’s Charles Bolden recently visited the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder – I got a chance to talk with him during a media briefing: The Future of Humanity Awaits in Deep Space, NASA Chief Says By Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist April 25, 2014 12:00pm ET http://www.space.com/25630-nasa-chief-humanity-deep-space-future.html
